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KHABAAR by Madhushree Ghosh (University of Iowa, 2022)
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TUFF JUICE By Caron Butler with Steve Springer (Lyons Press, October 2015)
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agent, attorney : dananewmanliterary@gmail.com
Dana Newman
Dana Newman Literary
1800 Avenue of the Stars, 12th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067
http://www.dananewman.com
twitter: http://www.twitter.com/DanaNewman
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RADIANT REST by Tracee Stanley (Shambhala, 2021)

Dana Newman is an independent literary agent based in Los Angeles. She's also a transactional and intellectual property attorney, advising content creators and businesses on contracts, copyrights, trademarks, and licensing. Her focus is on helping creative entrepreneurs and authors achieve their goals, and she represents a wide variety of clients in entertainment, media and business.

With years of experience working in the entertainment industry during the digital revolution in film editing and audio recording, Dana enthusiastically embraces new technologies and ideas about how books will be created, distributed and experienced.

Dana combines her professional insight, educational background (B.A. in Comparative Literature from U.C. Berkeley, J.D. from University of San Francisco), and a lifelong love of reading to provide a sophisticated, innovative approach to her role as a literary agent. A believer in the power of books to shape our culture and impact lives, she enjoys working with authors who are passionate about their work and have something meaningful to share. From crafting proposals and polishing manuscripts through negotiating and managing contracts and rights, Dana strives to be a trusted advisor and create a holistic, long-term working relationship with her clients.

Dana is interested in practical and narrative nonfiction books in the areas of memoir, biography, business, technology, popular culture, lifestyle and wellness (health, self-help, mind/body/spirit and sports), and on the fiction side she considers a select amount of literary fiction, upmarket fiction and suspense/thriller.

Dana is a member of the State Bar of California, the Association of American Literary Agents, and the Santa Monica Public Library Board.


years experience: 20
GENRES & SPECIALTIES
General fiction, Suspense/thriller, Biography, Computers/technology, Business/investing/finance, Mind/body/spirit, Health, Travel, Lifestyle, Cookbooks, Sports, Science, Memoir, Upmarket Women's Fiction, Women's Interest, Social History, Los Angeles, Film
LEADING CLIENTS
Agent Representation:

Tracee Stanley
Katie Silcox
Jaime Harrison
Amos Snead
Madhushree Ghosh
Nora Murphy
Caron Butler
Slim Jim Phantom
Kevin Hines
Ann Jealous
Robert Yehling
Ally Hamilton
Stevie Salas
Sagit Schwartz
Nancy L. Cohen
Lynne Martin
Michael Smith
Zach Friend
Kevin P. Hill, M.D., M.H.S.
Shirley Streshinsky
Debra Busman
Patricia Klaus
Michael Bush

Legal Work (Publishing):

City of Los Angeles/Los Angeles Public Library
Laurie David
Andrew Gumbel
Kimber Simpkins
Elizabeth Enslin
Cinco Puntos Press
Desiree Zamorano
M. Bridget Cook
Susan Albers PsyD
Toni Gallagher
Brad Henderson, BSME, MPW
Diana Weynand
Michael M. Tahery M.D.
Lisa Fitzpatrick/Swan Studio
Moglue, Inc.
NVC Consulting

BEST-KNOWN PROJECTS
TUFF JUICE by Caron Butler with Steve Springer (Lyons Press, 2015)

CRACKED, NOT BROKEN: SURVIVING AND THRIVING AFTER A SUICIDE ATTEMPT by Kevin Hines (Rowman & Littlefield, July 2013)

HOME SWEET ANYWHERE: HOW WE SOLD OUR HOUSE, CREATED A NEW LIFE, AND SAW THE WORLD by Lynne Martin (Sourcebooks, April 2014)

RADIANT REST: YOGA NIDRA FOR DEEP RELAXATION & AWAKENED CLARITY by Tracee Stanley (Shambhala, 2021)

MOST RECENT SALES/ FORTHCOMING BOOKS
SINCE SHE'S BEEN GONE by Sagit Schwartz (Alcove Press, 2024)

GLOW WORTHY by Katie Silcox (BenBella Books, 2023)

THE LUMINOUS SELF by Tracee Stanley (Shambhala, 2023)

KHABAAR: AN IMMIGRANT JOURNEY by Madhushree Ghosh (University of Iowa Press, 2022)

SHOT CLOCK middle grade series by Caron Butler and Justin A. Reynolds (HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books, 2022 and 2023)

CLIMATE CURE: HEAL YOURSELF TO HEAL THE PLANET by Jack Adam Weber (Llewellyn, Fall 2020)

GENERATION WHY NOT? by Ruth Klein (Post Hill Press, 2020)

CAMEL CRAZY by Christina Adams (New World Library, 2019)

SHADOW OF THE TAJ by Lara Bernhardt (Black Opal Books, 2019)

COOK LIKE A LOCAL IN FRANCE by Lynne Martin and Deborah Scarborough (Countryman Press, 2019)

CRAWL OF FAME by Julie Moss and Robert Yehling (Pegasus Books, 2018)

DIAGNOSIS FEMALE by Emily Dwass (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019)

CLIMBING THE HILL by Jaime Harrison and Amos Snead (Ten Speed Press, 2018)

NORA MURPHY'S COUNTRY HOUSE STYLE by Nora Murphy (Vendome Press, 2018)

BEYOND ADHD by Jeff Emmerson and Robert Yehling (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017)

A COURT OF REFUGE by Ginger Lerner-Wren (Beacon Press, 2018)

THE NATIVE ADVERTISING ADVANTAGE by Mike Smith (McGraw-Hill, 2017)

SELMA & NELLY: TWO NOBEL WOMEN by Marlene Wagman-Geller (Bleeding Heart, 2016)

FOOD TRUTHS FROM FARM TO TABLE by Michele Payn-Knoper (Praeger, 2016)

BREAKTHROUGH: The Making of America's First Woman President by Nancy L. Cohen (Counterpoint, 2016)

THAT'S GOTTA HURT: How Sports Injuries are Transforming the Games We Watch and the Athletes Who Play Them by Dr. David Geier (ForeEdge, Fall 2016)

THE MOMENT: A Practical Guide to Creating a Mindful Life in a Distracted World by Achim Nowak (New Page Books, Fall/Winter 2015)

YOGA'S HEALING POWER: Looking Inward for Change, Growth, and Peace by Ally Hamilton (Llewellyn, Summer 2016)

ALDOUS HUXLEY'S HANDS: The Untold Story of Huxley's Quest for Perception and the Birth, Death and Rebirth of Psychedelic Science by Allene Symons (Prometheus, 2016)

A STRAY CAT STRUTS: My Life as a Rockabilly Rebel by Slim Jim Phantom (St. Martin's Press, 2016)

SURVIVING LESBIAN LOVE ADDICTION by Lauren D. Costine, PhD (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016)

BODY PUNISHMENT: OCD, Alcoholism, and Learning to Fight Back by Maggie Lamond Simone (Central Recovery Press, Spring 2015)

TARGETED: How Technology Is Revolutionizing Advertising and the Way Companies Reach Consumers by Michael Smith (AMACOM, Fall 2014)

BLAZED: THE TRUTH ABOUT MARIJUANA ADDICTION AND HOW TO GET HELP by Kevin P. Hill, M.D., M.H.S. (Hazelden, 2015)

WHEN WE WERE THE BOYS by Stevie Salas with Robert Yehling (Taylor Trade, 2014)

LIKE A WOMAN by Debra Busman (Dzanc Books, 2015)

JUST ADD WATER by Clay Marzo and Robert Yehling (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014)

ON MESSAGE: HOW A COMPELLING NARRATIVE WILL MAKE YOUR ORGANIZATION SUCCEED by Zach Friend (Turner Publishing, 2013)

AN ATOMIC LOVE STORY: THE EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN IN ROBERT OPPENHEIMER'S LIFE by Shirley Streshinsky and Patricia Klaus (Turner Publishing, Fall 2013)

Shirley Streshinsky's backlist titles including: HERS THE KINGDOM, GIFT OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN, A TIME BETWEEN, THE SHORES OF PARADISE, AND AUDUBON: LIFE AND ART IN THE AMERICAN WILDERNESS (Turner Publishing, Fall 2013)

CRACKED, NOT BROKEN: SURVIVING AND THRIVING AFTER A SUICIDE ATTEMPT by Kevin Hines (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013)

COMBINED DESTINIES: WHITES SHARING GRIEF ABOUT RACISM by Ann Todd Jealous and Caroline Haskell (Potomac Books, 2013)

HOW TO READ A CLIENT FROM ACROSS THE ROOM: WIN MORE BUSINESS WITH THE PROVEN CHARACTER CODE SYSTEM TO DECODE VERBAL AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION by Brandy Mychals (McGraw-Hill, Fall 2012)

THE KING OF STYLE: DRESSING MICHAEL JACKSON by Michael Bush (Insight Editions, Fall 2012)

HONEY, DO YOU NEED A RIDE? CONFESSIONS OF A FAT RUNNER by Jennifer Graham (Breakaway Books, Fall 2012)

TWO SPIRITS, ONE HEART: A MOTHER, HER TRANSGENDER SON, AND THEIR JOURNEY TO LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE by Marsha Aizumi (Magnus Books, Fall 2012; 2nd Ed. Riverdale Avenue Books, 2020)

MOST RECENT RIGHTS SALES
Audio rights to Madhushree Ghosh's KHABAAR: An Immigrant Journey, to Vikki Warner at Blackstone Publishing.

Audio rights to Jack Adam Weber's CLIMATE CURE: Heal Yourself to Heal the Planet, to Henna Silvennoinen at OrangeSky Audio.

Japanese rights to Stevie Salas's and Robert Yehling's WHEN WE WERE THE BOYS, to Rittor Music, by Kohei Hattori at The English Agency, for Judy Klein at Kleinworks Agency, on behalf of Dana Newman Literary.

Audio rights to Jeff Emmerson and Robert Yehling's BEYOND ADHD: Overcoming the Label and Thriving, to Kaitlin Johnstone at Tantor Media.

Audio rights to Ally Hamilton's YOGA'S HEALING POWER: Looking Inward for Change, Growth and Peace, to Kaitlin Johnstone at Tantor Media.

Finnish rights in Caron Butler's TUFF JUICE: MY JOURNEY FROM THE STREETS TO THE NBA, to Pekka Saarainen at Minerva, by Marleen Seegers at 2 Seas Agency in association with Judy Klein at Kleinworks Agency on behalf of Dana Newman Literary.

German righs to Lynne Martin's HOME SWEET ANYWHERE: HOW WE SOLD OUR HOUSE, CREATED A NEW LIFE, AND SAW THE WORLD, the seventh international deal for adventurous senior gypsies, to Sorriso, by Annelie Geissler of Mohrbooks for Judy Klein at Kleinworks Agency on behalf of Dana Newman Literary.

Complex Chinese rights to home-free retiree and blogger Lynne Martin's HOME SWEET ANYWHERE: HOW WE SOLD OUR HOUSE, CREATED A NEW LIFE, AND SAW THE WORLD, to Mook, by Chris Lin of Big Apple Agency on behalf of Judy Klein at Kleinworks Agency and Dana Newman Literary.

Simplified Chinese rights to Lynne Martin's HOME SWEET ANYWHERE: HOW WE SOLD OUR HOUSE, CREATED A NEW LIFE, AND SAW THE WORLD, to Guangxi Normal University Press, in a nice deal, by Big Apple Agency in association with Judy Klein at Kleinworks Agency for Dana Newman Literary.

Audio rights to Michael Smith's TARGETED: How Technology Is Revolutionizing Advertising and the Way Companies Reach Consumers, to Contessa Nyree at Audible.

Turkish rights to Lynne Martin's HOME SWEET ANYWHERE: HOW WE SOLD OUR HOUSE, CREATED A NEW LIFE, AND SAW THE WORLD, to Yabanci, in a nice deal, by Eda Caca at Anatolialit Agency in association with Judy Klein at Kleinworks Agency on behalf of Dana Newman Literary

Audio rights to Lynne Martin's HOME SWEET ANYWHERE: HOW WE SOLD OUR HOUSE, CREATED A NEW LIFE, AND SAW THE WORLD, to Contessa Nyree at Audible.

Korean rights to Lynne Martin's HOME SWEET ANYWHERE: How We Sold Our House, Created a New Life, and Saw the World, to Geuldam, at auction, in a nice deal, for publication in 2014, by Amo Noh at Amo Noh Agency on behalf of Judy Klein at Kleinworks for Dana Newman Literary.

Korean rights to Jennifer Graham's HONEY, DO YOU NEED A RIDE? Confessions of a Fat Runner, to TheNan, by PubHub Literary Agency on behalf of Judy Klein at Kleinworks Agency for Dana Newman Literary

Film/television rights to AN ATOMIC LOVE STORY: THE EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN IN ROBERT OPPENHEIMER'S LIFE optioned to actress Maggie Lawson, Nine-25 Entertainment, Inc. in conjunction with Joseph Veltre of The Gersh Agency and Alchemy Entertainment

SPECIALIZED TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, HONORS
Prior to becoming a literary agent Dana worked as an in-house attorney for Moviola, a leading supplier of training and equipment for filmmakers. She is a publishing and intellectual property lawyer with Raines Feldman LLP in Los Angeles, CA. She speaks frequently on legal issues for authors (including publishing contracts, collaboration agreements, defamation, privacy rights and copyright).

Recent and upcoming events include:

- 2019 Writing Conference of Los Angeles
- 2019 Washington Writers Conference
- 2019 Santa Barbara Writers Conference
- 2019 805 Writers Conference
- 2019 Kauai Writers Conference
- 2020 Writers Digest Conference
- 2021 Kauai Writers Conference
- 2021 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Conference
- 2022 Washington Writers Conference
- 2022 Kauai Writers Conference
- 2022 Writers Digest Conference

SUB-AGENTS/ RIGHTS CONTACTS
Foreign Rights Agency:

Judy Klein
Kleinworks Agency
1450 Three Mile Creek Road
Stevensville, MT 59870

judyklein@kleinworks.com

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Solicited and unsolicited submissions are accepted, via email only. Please send a one-page query letter, which identifies the category of your work, the title, the length (word count), and provides a brief overview of your project, credentials and previous publishing history, if any. If I am interested I'll ask you to send a complete book proposal which should include: an overview of your project, chapter outline, a brief bio, a description of competing books and how your book is unique, and the first 10-15 pages of your first chapter. For fiction, if interested I'll request a synopsis and the first 20 pages.

Please send all items in the body of the email, NOT as an attachment. Be sure to include your contact details (email address and phone number). If you have relevant writing experience (articles, books), and/or have received writing awards, please include details in your cover letter.

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